Toy or puzzle



(No Model.)

F. R CUNNINGHAM 8v G. A. HITGHCOGK.

TOY 0R PUZZLE. No. 527,522.

Patented Oct. 16, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK .RUSSEL CUNNINGHAM AND GEORGE AUSTIN HITCIICOCK, OF WARE,

I MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY OR PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,522, dated October16, 1894.

Application filed December 4, 1893. Serial No. 492,770. (No model.)

To aZZ whom'it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK RUssEL (JUN- NINGI-IAM and GEORGE AUSTINHITOHCOCK, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Ware,inthe county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Toys or Puzzles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

, The object of the invention is to design a toy or puzzle which willafford a cheap and In mechanical construction it consists essentially oflocating mwithin a box having a transparent top, a ball in combinationwith a number of rings, the

ball to be maintained in position by being fixed upon a pin or othersupport.

The puzzle consists in so shaking or otherwise manipulating the box, asto put all the When the rings are in semblance to a figure of the planetSaturn. Hence the name: Saturns rings. 1

We will now describe more particularly our invention, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1, represents a general view of the toy or puzzle. Fig. 2, is aplan view, with the rings placed at random on the bottom of box. Fig. 8,is a vertical cross sectional view. Similar letters of referenceindicate the same parts in all the figures.

In Fig. 1, A, represents the ball fixed upon a pin '11. a, b, c, d,represent four rings in position surrounding ball A. The rings may be ofmetal or any suitable material. If one or more of them be made of alighter mate'- rial than the others, the difficulty of putting them overthe ball is considerably increased.

or other material and finished in gilt or any trio with ball A, whichare printed or other- -ber otrings four, itmay be more or less.

. wise figured upon the material covering or forming the bottom of thebox. These do not appear in Fig. 1, being covered by the rings. Thesecircles mark the position WlllCll the rings shouldoccupy when the puzzleis performed.

Stars or other celestial phenomena may be printed or otherwise figuredupon the material covering or forming the box.

Although we prefer to finishthe interior of box a light blue andrepresent the stars, ball, &c., in gold, they may be given any desiredcolor.

Although we have chosen to make the num- What We claim as our inventionis In a toy or puzzle adapted to being held in and manipulated by thehand, a fixed ball in combination with a number of rings of difierentsizes, located within a closed box having a transparent top,substantially as specified.

FRANK RUSSEL CUNNINGHAM.

GEORGE AUSTIN IIITGHCOOK.

Witnesses:

A. F. RICHARDSON, (3. C. HITOHCOCK.

